Works for Cello and Piano (Opp.17, 45, 58, 109); Felix Mendelssohn (C. F. Peters)

Works for Cello and Piano (Opp.17, 45, 56, 109); Felix Mendelssohn

Edited by Friedrich Grutzmacher and Ernst Cahnbley. Published by C. F. Peters

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) is one of the most important German composers of the Romantic era. He was most comfortable composing in a charming, relatively conservative style influenced by the Classical period and free from many of the developing trends of the Romantic Era, while incorporating important innovations in many works. He also held a singular position in German musical life as the founder of the Leipzig Conservatory, a prominent conductor of the renowned Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and a seminal figure in the revival of the music and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Mendelssohn produced several gems for the cello repertory. The Variations Concertantes is a set of charming, Mozartian variations. The two cello sonatas-especially the second-are standards of the romantic cello repertory. The lyric miniature Song Without Words in D Major is his last work for cello and piano.

• Advanced level, Grade 5 (except for Op.109, which is Intermediate levell, Grade 3).

CONTENTS:

• Variations Concertantes, Op.17
• Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op.45
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op.58
• Song without Words in D Major, Op.109